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When I took a 2019 Passport out for a test drive I was surprised at the sound of the exhaust! I have owned several muscle cars in my days, I can appreciate the sound of a magnificent engine.
Go to the 24 minute marker on this YouTube, tell what you think..

 

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What I forgot to say is the sound to me is intoxicating, this video doesn’t do justice to the sound it makes when test driving the Passport..

 

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I have a 2017 CR-V that the has engine noise”from the front” and a HR-V that has sound coming from the rear, no engine noise.

 

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As far as road noise, Less then most and more then few I guess. As I remember it’s was quite on the highway, but then it was a week ago since I took a test drive.

 

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I noticed that the sound was emitting when you were talking and driving.

Question: Did the source of the sound emit from the Instrument panel (dashboard) or was it recorded from the outside of the vehicle? I ask this because some 'sporty-type' cars have a system whereby a faux sound is funnelled into cockpit from another source such as, I surmise, the exhaust manifold and not from the exhaust outlets. Some or all Ford Mustangs and all Focus RS's, fo instance, have this sound method.

Sure does sound like sound is coming from the back end, this is a excellent question?

 

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I've seen review videos that say the sound is pumped into the cabin.

please post them if you find one of them, the sound is sure intoxicating.

 

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https://www.focusrs.org/forum/30-fo...abling-fake-synthetic-cabin-engine-noise.html

Is that what Honda is doing?

 

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They do it in the RDX.

 

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Love the sound, wish it was louder. It’s like ice cream, never enough ?